Is SV endorsing Binge Drinking?

BaconZombie

I just saw this sign all over SV, I know the unmentionable is now but is this even legal?

Health professionals quantify binge drinking as drinking more than 5 units (2.5 pints of beer or 3 glasses of wine) of alcohol at any one time. However, in a survey of 974 Irish people, most thought binge drinking involved having 10 or more drinks.

http://www.vhi.ie/news/n090707a.jsp

Is SV endorsing Binge Drinking?

Thrill

What is SV?

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Thrill wrote: »

What is SV?

I'm going to go with super valu. Looks like their labels.

flanum

SV= South Vietnam?

BaconZombie

The name of a very well known and big supermarket, who's name is abbreviated.

Thrill wrote: »

What is SV?

*/ Mods: Can I name the store or is that a breach of the rules? */

JC 2K3

Maybe....,

I refuse to accept that 2.5 pints is binge drinking. Even from a purely medical perspective, body weight and tolerance etc. comes into it.

Also, I would assume this is to prevent people from buying alcohol in a shop and then drinking on the streets.

taidghbaby

JC 2K3 wrote: »

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Also, I would assume this is to prevent people from buying alcohol in a shop and then drinking on the streets.

i would assume this is to ensure people buy more!!

BaconZombie

I dropped in to buy some food and 2 cans to drink before I head out to the "Impromptu" drinks and lend up buys 6 cans since I could not just 2....

taidghbaby wrote: »

i would assume this is to ensure people buy more!!

taidghbaby

BOFH_139 wrote: »

I dropped in to buy some food and 2 cans to drink before I head out to the "Impromptu" drinks and lend up buys 6 cans since I could not just 2....

mwahhahha..........my evil plan is working :cool:

GirlInterrupted

taidghbaby wrote: »

mwahhahha..........my evil plan is working :cool:

What plan? To get the nation drunk? Too late pal, we're already pissed:D.

taidghbaby

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

What plan? To get the nation drunk? Too late pal, we're already pissed:D.

:eek:

*stalker alert*
*stalker alert*

Jimbo

Maybe....,

Apparently they don't sell fags singally anymore.
Looks like they're tring to encourage chain smoking aswell.
The bastards.

Mimikyu

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RuailleBuaille

Irish logic, you gotta love it.


:rolleyes:

Kold

They're promoting poor syntax. I'd say that's even worse.

Sherifu

Who buys single bottles?

randylonghorn

Not to mention spelling ... "inconvienience"! :rolleyes:

That's the third time to-day I've seen that spelled incorrectly in signs (I'm not talking about a typo in a post, or something like that).

Other two times it was "inconvience"!

Davidius

Reminds me of a sign I saw at the newsagents in Tesco a couple of years ago. "Trollies are not prohibited".

Run_to_da_hills

WTF Zombies?

Thrill wrote: »

What is SV?

Side Valve.

Jimbo

Maybe....,

Sluice Valve btw

KnifeWRENCH

WTF Zombies?

Atari Jaguar

Ostrom

I would imagine its to stop 'patches the loveable but rowdy tramp' and such from buying single units. Or not. Fairly short sighted either way. Could just be a local judgement call....

jimi_t

efla wrote: »

I would imagine its to stop 'patches the loveable but rowdy tramp' and such from buying single units. Or not. Fairly short sighted either way. Could just be a local judgement call....

Or they could just tell patches to **** off - they sure as hell 'reserve the right to refuse admission'.

MOH

randylonghorn wrote: »

Not to mention spelling ... "inconvienience"! :rolleyes:

That's the third time to-day I've seen that spelled incorrectly in signs (I'm not talking about a typo in a post, or something like that).

Other two times it was "inconvience"!

to-day ?

Steve_o

WTF Zombies?

2.5 pints is binge drinking??? Also going into Super Van and buying one bottle of beer is stupid!!

Blisterman

Actually 5 units, is only 2 pints, or 2 glasses of wine.

Ridiculously, I tried to order a quadruple vodka red bull once, in a bar, and they said they can't sell more than a double in one glass (These are pussy 25ml english measures btw.)

They would of course give me it spread between 2 glasses, so all I could pour one into the other.

BaconZombie

It wasn't in the Arms in Camden was it?

We tried ordering octalruple Vodkfas and was told the same bull, so had to order 4 doubles and an empty pint glass.....

Blisterman wrote: »

Actually 5 units, is only 2 pints, or 2 glasses of wine.

Ridiculously, I tried to order a quadruple vodka red bull once, in a bar, and they said they can't sell more than a double in one glass (These are pussy 25ml english measures btw.)

They would of course give me it spread between 2 glasses, so all I could pour one into the other.

biko

Maybe....,

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Is SV endorsing Binge Drinking?

Health professionals quantify binge drinking as drinking more than 5 units (2.5 pints of beer or 3 glasses of wine) of alcohol at any one time. However, in a survey of 974 Irish people, most thought binge drinking involved having 10 or more drinks.

Just because you have to buy >3 cans does not mean you have to drink >3 cans that night.